External Gas Bubble Disease

Skin bubbles or cysts can be an indication of several different ailments and can appear as gas filled vesicles or appear solid or cystic in nature. The clear, gas filled vesicles are usually diagnostic of External Gas Bubble Disease (EGBD). Cystic lesions filled with pus are called abscesses are usually due to Vibrio infections although other bacterial infections are possible. Lesions that tend to be more solid in nature include granulomatous diseases such as Norcardia and Mycobacteria. Granulomata of the skin have also been seen in parasitic infections caused by nematodes. Biopsy of solid lesions, such as these, is the best route for definitive diagnosis. Besides parasites, granulomatous disease usually does not respond to therapy and euthanasia with system sterilization is recommended. Glugea is also a fatal, contagious non-treatable disease that presents with solid lesions that are not granulomatous. It is also easily diagnosed in biopsy material. - information provided by Renee Coles-Hix

Date: 15-03-09 Owner: Gallery Administrator Size: 26 items

Hippocampus barbouri with gas bubbles Date: 25-05-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 99594	Hippocampus barbouri with gas bubbles Date: 25-05-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 66681	Hippocampus barbouri with gas bubbles Date: 25-05-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 67617	Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 60275
Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 62786	Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 63221	Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 58348	Bubbles on tail Date: 21-12-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 67585
Gas bubbles in tail Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 67001	Hippocampus barbouri with snout bubbles Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 68083	Tail with bubbles Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 68421	Trigger with bubbles underneath Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 67623
Trigger with bubbles underneath Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 68413	Severe gas bubbles surrounding the eyes Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 68241	Kuda with gas bubbles on head and torso Date: 05-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 68108	Kuda with gas bubbles on head and torso Date: 05-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 66495
Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 69567	Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 69986	Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 69682	Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 75483
Tail with bubbles Date: 01-07-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 73176	Gas bubbles on tail Date: 09-01-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 71055	closeup of gas bubbles on tail Date: 09-01-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 69879	Large gas bubble on tail underside Credit: Member "Ponygirl" Date: 01-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 67968
Large gas bubble on tail underside Credit: Member "Ponygirl" Date: 01-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 66583	Large bubble on head Date: 15-03-09 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 86449

Seahorse Pathology

External Gas Bubble Disease